.: BP’s Alaska Oilfield Plagued by Major Safety Issues

Topic The End of the World (By Cif!, Thursday 17 June 2010 @17:26) Contribution by Kalineka

«According to internal BP documents obtained by Truthout, and after interviewing more than a dozen employees over the past month, the Prudhoe Bay oil field, in a remote corner of North America on Alaska’s north shore, is in danger..

“The condition of the [Prudhoe Bay] field is a lot worse and in my opinion a lot more dangerous,” said Marc Kovac, who has worked for BP on Alaska’s North Slope for more than three decades. “We still have hundreds of miles of rotting pipe ready to break that needs to be replaced. We are totally unprepared for a large spill” ..»

Source: truth-out.org
in French: rue89.com

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